The meeting between the Xinghua Army Zhijun and Zhao Jiaren was not long, and the two talked amicably about building a lighthouse in the Xinghua Army, and Zhao Jiaren took his leave.

As soon as Zhao Jiaren left, Pei Zhijun's staff asked, "Zhijun, why are you so polite to Zhao Tidian?" ”

Of course, the staff's questions were not to solve their doubts, but to implicitly remind Pei Zhijun that he was the most vocal person in the Xinghua Army.

Pei Zhijun did not have such a strong fighting spirit, he said with a smile: "Zhao Tidian started to repair Beiyang, and many officials of the Xinghua Army were evaluated excellently. It's not a bad thing to help him at this time. ”

The staff can understand Pei Zhijun's feelings, even if he has not been promoted after the grinding, Pei Zhijun's evaluation in the past three years is excellent. As long as you do it for another term, you will probably be able to go to Lin'an as an official. At such times, it is also human nature to have a heart of retribution. However, the meaning of the existence of the staff is not to raise the moral level of the owner, but to maximize the interests of the owner, and then obtain their own interests. Therefore, the staff insisted on their own opinion, "It is very good to know the army for good." However, his heart was insufficient, so Zhao Ti ordered Fang to return to Fujian, so he went to the Xinghua Army first. There must be plans for the Xinghua Army. ”

Although the prison has a broad scope of authority, Zhao Jiaren's hand is too long, and the purpose is too clear. Such a point of imprisonment is extremely rare. Pei Zhijun can frankly express his support, but the staff can't help but remind Pei Zhijun that promising Zhao Jiaren is at risk.

Seeing that the staff was so persistent, Pei Zhijun chuckled, "He can do a little prison, how can the people behind him be idle." If Zhao Ti does something nonsense, of course I can't tolerate him. But the new official took office with three fires, so why stop him in such a trivial matter? ”

The staff suddenly realized that since the proprietor is not a woman's benevolence, but a rational judgment. Although he was still very vigilant about Zhao Jiaren's behavior, his staff no longer said anything.

Of course, Zhao Jiaren knew that his approach was very outrageous, and the new official took office three times, that is, to worship the local temple, visit the local heroes, and announce when he would officially accept the lawsuit. Putting all of this aside and working for Fujian's GDP at once was completely unreasonable in the Song Dynasty. If he hadn't known that the Great Song Dynasty had only been a few years, Zhao Jiaren would not have dared to challenge the tradition anyway.

With the consent of the Xinghua Army, Zhao Jiaren went to Beiyang the next day and held a meeting with the village elders who had gathered. Those elders took turns to greet Zhao Jiaren, and it could be seen that everyone was in a good mood in the past two years. Everyone was happy and in good spirits.

After the ceremony, Zhao Jiaren said straight to the point: "Everyone, I want to recruit a group of sailors. I don't know if you have any recommendations. ”

"If it is recruited by Zhao Guanren, we are naturally willing to recommend it." Most of the elders were very enthusiastic, and even if they were not, there was no objection. There are many people in Fujian and there is little land, and being a sailor is not as good as studying, but it is not a very bad choice. Beiyang has been poor for a long time, and there is no discrimination against sailors.

After talking about the sailors first, Zhao Jiaren told the people of Beiyang about the construction of the lighthouse. Originally, Zhao Jiaren meant to recruit sailors first, since the people of Beiyang have people in their families as sailors, they will be interested in the lighthouse that can improve the safety of shipping.

By the time he had just announced that he was going to build a lighthouse, the elders in the Beiyang region were already excited. An old man with a bronzed complexion who looked at it and felt the wind and sun on his face full of joy. He took a few steps forward, squeezed in front of Zhao Jiaren, and said excitedly: "Zhao Daguan, I have long known about the lighthouse built by Zhao Daguan in Fuqing. There were several strong winds, and the ships we couldn't catch up with were rushed to Fuqing. At that time, we said that if Zhao Daguan remained in our Putian as officials, he would not let Fuqing take advantage. I didn't expect Zhao Daguan to remember to build a lighthouse for us in Putian......"

Speaking of this, the old man burst into tears with excitement, and he continued with some hatred: "There are no good people in Fuqing, we have wanted to learn how to build a lighthouse several times, but they all guard the lighthouse and will never let us go in to see. ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! Fuqing is bullying over there! ”

"Zhao Daguan, we have also tried to build a lighthouse ourselves, but we can't repair it. And because of the strong wind, it was blown down over ......"

Some people took the lead, and other local people in Putian also told about the past.

Zhao Jiaren was dumbfounded, and the people of Putian spontaneously learned more advanced production technology, which is easy to understand. But the people of Fuqing spontaneously kept what they had and refused to allow people from other counties to come to learn. This is completely beyond Zhao Jiaren's imagination. When he was in Fuqing, Zhao Jiaren had never heard of such topics at all. Is it difficult for the people of Fuqing to block the news so effectively?

Of course, Zhao Jiaren is not sure. Ever since he got a ship, he hasn't cared about the lighthouse at all.

"Let's go and see the lighthouse you have built first." Zhao Jiaren immediately solved the current problem.

At the dilapidated lighthouse in Putian, Zhao Jiaren finally couldn't hold back a smile. There are typhoons off the coast of China and hurricanes off the coast of the United States. In order to guide the course more effectively, the lighthouse needs to be built as high as possible and be able to stand tall in high winds. Before the advent of reinforced concrete technology, lighthouses were very technical buildings. The building in front of me is a fusion of the Chinese pagoda type and the copied lighthouse type, but it has copied the shortcomings of both.

is not nonsense, Zhao Jiaren immediately told everyone, "This position is not good." You have to choose a better location. ”

"It's all up to Zhao's orders!" The fathers did not hesitate at all.

Sailing on the sea to check, Zhao Jiaren first chose three positions. The two places suitable for ports in the South and North Oceans may not be the best as ports, but they are close to each other and convenient to go to sea. The other is a treacherous underwater reef where a lighthouse was built to keep seafaring ships out of the treacherous shoals.

Explain this meaning clearly, and the local fathers and elders agree. Zhao Jiaren gave the drawings and construction standards to the leader of the local construction team, and the construction team patted his chest and said that it would definitely be built. As for the matter of money, the elders all said that Zhao Daguan had made such a big effort, and he was a good person who didn't ask the locals for money. If the locals asked Zhao Daguan for money, they were afraid that they would be thundered by the sky.

The Great Song Dynasty has its own morality of the Great Song Dynasty, and the working people are so real, and Zhao Jiaren will not shirk. The only purpose of his trip was to buy stones. After negotiating the price with the local people who opened the stones, and determining the agreement for the purchase of the stones at a very favorable price, Zhao Jiaren made a note with them.

From the perspective of a 21st-century contract, this document is riddled with loopholes. The document emphasizes that the locals must transport the stone to the shore, otherwise they will not be able to pay for it, so the price is much more expensive. Zhao Jiaren is not worried about the local people's debts, except for Zhao Jiaren's customer, the local people can't find other buyers at all.

When he returned, he brought with him more than a dozen sailors from the Beiyang of Mulanpi. Originally, there were more than 40 people who signed up, but Zhao Jiaren only chose teenagers and young people. These people felt fresh about everything on this ship, which made the experienced young sailors look at it with a straight smile.

When the boat returned to Fuzhou, Zhao Jiaren entered the house, but saw Qi Ye in the main hall of his mansion. The guy brought gifts and had a good chat with Zhao Jiaren's mother. Zhao Jiaren was quite puzzled, Qi Ye had not been so attentive before. Could it be because Zhao Jiaren didn't have a female dependent to let the people around him give gifts?

When Mrs. Zhao saw Zhao Jiaren coming back, she immediately asked Zhao Jiaren and Qi Ye to 'eat and drink by themselves'. On the way to the tavern, Qi Ye praised: "Brother Zhao, your mother is really a heroic person!" ”

Zhao Jiaren didn't answer, he wanted to see if Qi Ye would be so heartfelt when he was vicious by his own mother.

When he arrived at the tavern, Zhao Jiaren sat down and asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”

Qi Ye smiled: "Do you remember the original shipyard? ”

Zhao Jiaren also has the impression that the owner of that shipyard is said to be the highest-level shipbuilder in Fuzhou.

"That family thinks that the conditions you gave Xie Wuhuan are good, and they want to talk to you." Qi Ye happily told Zhao Jiaren about the latest development.